Attaching device.



ADOLPH HAMPE, OF NE\V YORI\, N. Y.

Arr-"enormes novios.

No. Brenes.

Speocaton {if-Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 24, 1907.

Application led February L 1907. Serial No. 355,599..

To all 'whom 'it 'may concern.' "l

Be 1t known that l., Anonrrr HAMPE, a Acitizen of the United States, end resident of thecit eountiT and State of INew York J 7 have invented certain new and'nsenl im# 'proveniente 'in Attaching Devices, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to an attaching de vice particularly seated for supporting stockings or hose and as for its object the 'reduction of such a tesi-,ener which, while holding the stocking iirnily will do so without danger of tearing the materie-l and With- 1 out danger of becoming accidentally unie-se tened 'and thus fell Clown. i

'in the accompanying drawings, which forni part of this specification, the invention permitting the stockings to lis fully shown.

arms l1 of a clasp members.

l is a vertical central sectional whereby it is firmly Sinoilar charecters ci. reference indicate similar perte in the several views. Figure l shows a iront view ot' the device the clasp being closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view, 'the clasp however being open, Fig. 3 view of Fig. L Fic'` i is the clasp removed from the plate or boy and ifig. 5 is en enlarged central sectional view of the stud over which the edge of the stocking is passed.

y l ends of the eyelet.'A The front The device is composed of an oblong body or plate' 1 of sheet metal. About midway of its length, said plate is struck up to form bearings 2 onboth sides of a central openingV 3, said bearingsextending laterally of and between the edges of the plate in the opening, each of said bearings having an open side. The bearings 2 are adapted to receive the By forming the berings 2 in the manner indicated, the plate l can be readily stamped out Without .the requirement of expensive machinery, While the particular location of the bearings on the plate provide a structure which will lprevent the clasp member from being rought into contact with the surface of the exible support l() Whether said clasp be in open or closed position. At a suitable distance below seid opening 3 is secured a stud 5. A cheap and simple method for forming the stud is to pass a so called eyelet" of proper length and size through an opening 16 formed rear, and upsetting a bead@ on the iront seated, thereby providing tivo spaced dan es to receive the plate, one of' vtianges 'being located intermediate the in the plate l, from thel terial of the edge 7 of the eyelet may be slightly liared. .Over this eyelet a piece of rubber tubing 8 is slipped, the tubing forming a yielding facing for the stud and being a tritle longer than the pro? jecting portion of the eyelet and of e. smaller diemeter'than the periphery of the eyelet, so that when it is placed over the stud, the rubber Will be stretched in such manner as to be retained in place on the eyelet, 'the flared portieri oi the eyelet aiding in this resuit. By this construction the entire projecting portion of the yelet is provided With a yielding facing, Which projects beyond the iront plane of the eyelet and yie ding inwardly over the end of the eyelet under any pressure that nnry be placed thereon Wien the clasp member is clamping the stocking in position. There is therefore, no metallic surface of any character Which can contact -With that portion of the stocking that eX- tends over the stud and which is under the clamping tension, thereby providing a contacting surface which cannot injure the stobking and which is of substantially the saine yielding quality throughout the surface oi.. the stud. Furthermore such surface is of a non-slipping character, the projecting portion of the facing permitting the stocking to conform to any pulling strains placed thereon without appreciably affecting the niastocking, thereby preventing any liability of the stocking being torn by such pulling strains.

Near each corner of the plete 1 a linger or barb Wards the bacl; of the plate and at right angies thereto, `hese four fingers are passed through and bent over the tape or elastic bond 10 from which the supporter hangs. This tape extends down along the inner side or back of plate-as shown in Fig. 3-so that no metal (excepting that formed by the exposed portions of the barbs or fingers 9) touches the flesh or underclothing. In Fig. 8 the upper finger is shown passing through the tape before it is bent; the lower linger in the1 same figure is shown bent over the materia The clasp 4 is provided with two integral arms il which are located in the bearings 2 as shown. Below'these arms the body is substantially an annular Washer having a central opening which surrounds the stud 5 when the clasp isdown. An outwardly bent extension l2 permits easy manipulation for 9 is sheared and so bent as to stand tothe plate by rivets 15 located on the opposite side of the bearings 2 from the stud 5.

By thus iiiounting the spring 1-1 the parts are not only so arranged as to nevent the forniatioii of an excessive thiclniess at any particular portion of the plate, but the particu'- lar arrangement shown provides,1 that the clasp ineinber when, in a clamping position has its extension 16 projecting toward the point of' connection oi the spring and plate and therefore under a greater'retaining tension than when the nieinber is in its opposite position, iii which latter case the extension is in contact with the spring at the point 'of greatest distance from the point of connection of the spring and plate. This latter feature is of advantage in viewof the fact that the bearings for the clasp member are opensided on'their rear, so that the spring tornis the sole portion of the structure which retains the arins 11 in contact with the bear-- ings. Therefore, any tendency of the clasp iiieinber to be pushed inward at the point Where the arins 1,1 are located, would be resisted by the contact ol the extension 13 with the spring at a point sulliciently close to the point of connection of the spring and plate to provide a nia-xiinuin support for thc clasp ineinber.

Such being the (fonstruction, the operation i is as follows: When all the parts are assefnl bled as described the clas') is raised and thc edge ot the stocking is passed over the stud r l' i f f v y w .i when the clasp is lolded donn. l he spi ing presses against the extension 'of the clasp and holds the stocking iirnily in place over and around the rubber covered stud which by reason of its adhering or nonslipping properties prevents the stocking i'roin pulling out. when it is desired to reniove the device lroni a stocking, the clasp is raised above or beyond the center and the spring will press against the extension and hold it open.

il Yfind in practice when a spring is integral with the plate, it soon loses its resiliency, and is impractical because, if the metal is hard-- as it inust be to he of spring tenipcrthen you cannot forni fingers or cars l'roni it as they will break oilI short, ltherefore l prclor a separate spring oi' good 'temper because upon it depends the success or failure olI the device to operate.

Such being iny invention what l claini is 2;-

1. ln an attaching device, a rectangular plate having an opening approximately inidvigay oll the length ol the plate, and also having struck-np portions extending laterally ot' the plate and troni the edges oiQ the plate to the opening, said struck-up ortions forming bearings having an open sii e, a stud on-one side of `said plate, said stud being spaced troni said. opening, a clasp rneniber having laterally extending arms adapted to rest \'vithin the bearings of the plate, said inember having an opening to receive the stud whenthe .member is in one position, and also having an extension ad j acont said arms, and a spring nieniber secured to theopposite side of the plate from the stud, the point ot' securing of the spring/member and the stud being on opposite sides of the opening in the plate, said spring nieinbeiyhaving a bearing contact on the extension ol the clasp ineinber to retain the latter in either an open or closed position.

2. In an attaching device, a llexible support, a plate secured thereto, a. clasp nienibcr pivotally scoured to said plate said member having an opening, a stud secured to said plate and adapted to be received within said opening, said stud comprising a metallic support and a yielding l'acing lherctor, said facing extending beyond thc iront plane of the inetallic support to prevent Contact of a stocking with the metallic support.

3. .ln an. attaching device, a Aflexible sup-'- port, a plate secured thereto, a clasp member pivotally securedto said plate, said ineniber having :in opening, a stud secured to said plate and adapted to be received within said opening, said stud coniprising a metallic eyelet secured to the plate and having a projectingl portion, and a rubber lacing for the outer periphery ol the eyelet, said 'facing extending beyond the plane of the projecting portion of lhc cyelet and preventing contact of a stocking with the eyelet. n i

4. A stud lor attaching devices comprising an eyclet having spaced llanges adapted to receive a plato therebetween, one of' said [langes being located intermediate the ends of the cyclet, the free end of the eyelet being llared, and a cylindrical rubber facing rior the ey elet, said facing being iii the forni of a tube and ol.l a length greater than the length oi the projcctingportion of the eyelet to provide a yielding surface )rejecting beyond the plane 'of the lared endl of the eyelet, whereby the inaterial to be clamped is held from contact with the eyelet portion of the stud.

Signed at New York city in the county of New York and State of New lYorlt this {irst day of February A. l). 1907.

ADULPH HMPE.

Witnesses:

CHARLES V. DWYER, lnoiia M. (nn'iinniiiit 

